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Decided to take advantage of the pull ahead and replace the '08 328i with an X3 28i. The coming of our first child influenced our decision to something with more utility.

Sparkling Bronze

Sand Beige

Premium Pkg

Convenience Pkg

Heated seats/steering wheel

Negotiated my local dealer to $1100 over invoice, no mark up on the MF or acquisition fee. I prefer to buy local so I am happy with the price. Can't do PCD on this one due to other commitments.

The X3 is a better value than the 3 series right now. We thought about a 2wd wagon but it is the same money when comparably equipped and lacks some of the new features on the X3. Hopefully the incentives will improve by April.

We also signed up for the X3 driving event to get the $500 gift card for accessories. Plus $500 from BMW Club. Nice!

Not to rain on anyone's parade, I'd go for the wagon. Better reliability. For the X3, a new model, new factory, and new technology tends to lead to first-year teething problems.

The wagon is less of everything for the same price. Not exactly a hard choice. The X3 is better in every category.

Plus, they've been making the X5 and X6 in NC for a while now. Also you should keep in mind that the F25 has been for sale in Europe already. Any "teething problems" are likely to have shown up by now. And I'd like to see some actual data that proves that the first year model of a car has teething problems. This hasn't been my experience. Seems like an old wives tale.

Not to rain on anyone's parade, I'd go for the wagon. Better reliability. For the X3, a new model, new factory, and new technology tends to lead to first-year teething problems.

I don't make a purchasing decision based on reliability. If I did I guess I would buy a Kia or whatever Consumer Reports says is reliable and boring. Besides, I would hope the E90 is reliable since it has been built with minimal changes since 2005. It has been for me since I have had 2 now.

Trying to set up a PDC delivery for a new x3 for the first week of May. Ordered with dealer in Jan, specs depost et al, dealer waiting for April's allocation. Airfares have increased by hundreds of dollars in the wait period. BMW should care and stop gaming on allocations for sold cars. X3 3.5 - white/beige preformance pkg, cold weather pkg, nav, rails, premium pkg, screens, sat radio, prem sound. Same equipment as my other 3 x3's which were all ED.

I assume you mean Mojave since Havana is not an option for the X3. I would personally prefer the anthracite headliner from the M package with that leather color. The grey headliner looks odd to me with brown. The tan headliner would be good too.

I am sure the chestred looks good with some exterior colors, it does not with mineral silver....unless you have a childhood fantasy to drive a clown car from the traveling circus. The combo of colors and textures with the rich exterior was just too much for my simple mind.
Havana and Mojave are the same color, Havana is just easier to spell.

Yes, it is my understanding that 6NR requires Navigation as well as the USB integration options. I'm hoping that it can be a firmware or software upgrade for those of us who have already taken delivery but I have not seen any info one way or another.